12:41 PM – Got a voicemail to call the nursing home. When I called back about 10 minutes later, they told me that Mom has not been eating or drinking anything since about Thursday (this is Sunday) and has been doing a lot of sleeping (she said something about diarrhea as well, but didn’t indicate if she’s had it the whole time. The nurse said that this seems to be pretty common with the other residents that have COVID. They have started an IV to get fluids back in her since she’s apparently dehydrated. They’ve also started antibiotics, one IV and one by mouth to try to prevent pneumonia. She is not coughing or showing any signs of it right now and have ordered chest x-rays, but they want to get a jump on it just in case. They have also started her on dexamethasone. They have not said anything about her needing oxygen at this point.
They asked me if I wanted them to continue care at the nursing home or if I want them to transfer her to a hospital. They offered that as of right now, they are doing the same thing a hospital would. I suggested they keep her there to reduce the stress of being moved to a hospital at this time. If things deteriorate, then they would send her.
I’ll update more as I get news, hopefully good.